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Rob Beard wrote: > Robin Cornelius wrote: >> Ohh possibly, >> >> is it debianizable? i need a compile mule as qemuing PPC is driving me nuts. >> >> I guess only one way to find out ;-) >> >> So if its still up for grabs *holds up hand* >> >> thanks >> >> Robin >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Brown Richard <cregyy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> Hi Guys >>> >>> I have an iMac - green, running os 9. It is probably at least 8 years >>> old but it has manuals etc.... Free to a good home. >>> >>> Rich >>> > Should be, it'll be Debianizable, it'll no doubt be slow but it should > work. Debian works on my G3 350 iMac. > > Rob > Debian works on my "oldworld" PowerPC 5500/225. Grantedly it's a PITA to get Debian on it in the first place, but once it's there it works nicely. It's no speed machine, but it's perfectly usable as a low-end desktop. Equally, free too good home if anyone wants it. I think (although I can't remember... it's in my loft at the moment) it's has: MacOS 8.6 36k modem 10/100 PCI NIC (standard cheap RealTek job... I think I put the Mac "drivers" on it) TV Tuner Video Input Upgraded HDD to 20GB (I think) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html